LARRY: JOINING US NOW
TENNESSEE SENATOR MARSHA
BLACKBURN STRAIGHT FROM LAS
VEGAS, THE CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY
SHOW, OR SOME SUCH THING.
FIRST OF ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR
SENATOR BLACKBURN.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
LARRY: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> YES.
LARRY: DO WANT TO CONTINUE OUR
SEGMENT JUST FOR A MOMENT
TALKING TO STEPHEN MILLER.
I, YOU KNOW, THESE UNIONS, THESE
TEACHERS UNIONS GOING ON STRIKE
ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, THEY NEVER
WANT TO TEACH.
THEY WANT MORE MONEY FROM THE
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
THEY ALWAYS COME UP WITH COVID-
RELATED EXCUSES, NOW
THEY’RE GOING ON STRIKE, CHICAGO
IS ONE EXAMPLE, NOT THE ONLY ONE
I MEAN SENATOR BLACKBURN, I WANT
A REAGAN MOMENT, JUST FIRE THEM.
THE WAY HE FIRED THE AIR
CONTROLLERS JUST FIRE THESE
TEACHERS GET RID OF THEM.
>> WELL AND THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING
LOOKING FOR ACCOUNT HOW ABOUT
THIS?
THESE SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT TOOK
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO KEEP THE
CLASSROOMS OPEN, IF THEY
AREN’T KEEPING THE CLASSROOMS
OPEN GIVE THE MONEY BACK.
THEY HAVE USED THAT MONEY TO
PLUSH UP BONUSES TO TEACHERS, TO
BUY EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THAT
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH COVID.
ALL OF THAT IS TAXPAYER DOLLAR
MONEY, THAT IS NOT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT MONEY.
IT HAS COME OUT OF THE POCKETS
OF HARD WORKING TAXPAYERS AND IF
THAT MONEY IS NOT GOING TO BE
USED TO KEEP THESE CHILDREN IN
SCHOOL, THEN SEND THE MONEY
BACK TO D.C.
LARRY: I REALLY LIKE THAT.
JUST LOOK, WE CAN’T EVEN GET , I
MEAN, WE JUST HAD KATHY MCMORRIS
-ROGERS AND JASON SMITH,
THEY CAN’T GET ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE MONEY THAT’S SO-CALLED
BEEN SPENT.
NOW THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IN
FACT I’LL ASK YOU THIS.
THERE’S TALK NOW IN THE SENATE,
I GUESS, OF ANOTHER ROUND OF
COVID SPENDING, SENATOR
BLACKBURN, REALLY?
SERIOUSLY?
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY WANT TO KEEP PUSHING MORE
MONEY OUT THE DOOR FOR SOME
REASON.
BIDEN AND THE LEFTIST HAVE
DECIDED THAT IF THEY CAN JUST
KEEP RUNNING UP THE FEDERAL DEBT
, THEN THEY CAN RAISE TAXES,
THEN THEY CAN BUY VOTES, AND SO
THE MORE MONEY THEY’RE TRYING TO
, THEY JUST WANT MORE STIMULUS
OH, WE NEED IT, AND WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO IS REALIZE THIS.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH
COVID.
COVID IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT JOE BIDEN HAD
TO SAY.
IT’S NOT GOING AWAY, AND WE ARE
IN THE THIRD YEAR, WE ARE ON TO
THE THIRD STRAIN, JUST AS WITH
THE FLU, EVERY YEAR, THERE IS A
DIFFERENT STRAIN.
THIS IS NOT A VACCINE, IN THE
NATURE OF THE SMALLPOX OR A
POLIO VACCINE, THIS IS A SHOT,
AND JUST AS YOU GET A FLU, THERE
MAYBE A SHOT FOR COVID, BUT YOU
CAN NOT TAKE PEOPLE’S LIVES AWAY
FROM THEM.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THEY WANT TO GET CHILDREN BACK
IN SCHOOL.
THOSE CHILDREN NEED TO BE IN
FRONT OF TEACHERS.
CHILDREN DO NOT NEED TO BE
SITTING THERE, WEARING MASKS
EVERY DAY, NOT LEARNING HOW TO
FORM THEIR WORDS AND SPEAK.
THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT FULL
PARTICIPATION AND ATTENTION OF
THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.
LARRY: YEAH, WELL, YOU’RE
TOTALLY RIGHT AND I LOVE THE
IDEA OF TAKING MONEY AWAY.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT, LARRY?
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I
HEAR FROM WOMEN EVERY SINGLE DAY
THEY ARE SO FRUSTRATED WITH JOE
BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY,
AND WHY IS IT THAT THEY ARE NOW
PUSHING FOR SCHOOL CHOICE?
IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE FEARFUL
THAT ONCE AGAIN, THEIR CHILDREN
ARE GOING TO BE FORCED INTO
REMOTE LEARNING AND WILL NOT
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A
CLASSROOM SETTING, LEARNING HOW
TO INTERACT, LEARNING AND BEING
READY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR
EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
LARRY: YUP.
I AGREE 100%.
NO MORE, I MEAN, AGAIN, I WOULD
JUST FIRE THEIR KEESTERS TOO.
YOURS IS PROBABLY MORE, IT’S
MORE LEGISLATIVE.
I WOULD JUST FIRE THEM BUT
YOU’RE AN OLD REAGAN PERSON TOO.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS YOU’RE RIGHT
THERE WITH ALL THESE FANCY
GADGETS AND CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY.
DO THOSE FOLKS YOU’VE BEEN
TALKING TO, YOU’VE BEEN ON PANEL
S I HAVEN’T KEPT UP WITH IT
, LIZ CLAMAN IS OUT THERE SOME
PLACE BUT DID I UNDERSTAND ABOUT
ENTERING FREE SPEECH FOR
CONSERVATIVES AND DID I
UNDERSTAND WHY WE SHOULD BE
GETTING RID OF THE LIABILITY
SHIELD FOR THESE BIG SOCIAL
MEDIA OPERATIONS?
DO THEY GET THAT AND UNDERSTAND
THEY ARE UNDER FIRE, LET ME PUT
IT TO YOU THAT WAY.
>> WELL, THEY DO.
A LOT OF THEM DO, AND MANY OF
THESE INNOVATIVE COMPANIES THAT
ARE HERE ARE ALL FOR SECTION 230
REFORM BECAUSE YOUR NEW START
COMPANIES NEED IT.
THE NEW PLATFORMS NEED IT BUT
THE BIG GUYS, BIG TECH THEY DO
NOT NEED IT AND LARRY, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT HAS REALLY HELP
ED AND AS YOU KNOW, I’VE
BEEN ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS, TRYING TO REFORM
SECTION 230.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HELP
ED IS THAT THIS LIABILITY
SHIELD IS BEING USED BY THESE
BIG TECH PLATFORMS TO DENY THAT
THEY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DRUG
TRAFFICKERS, SEX TRAFFICKERS,
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, THE CARTELS
USING THEIR PLATFORMS, AND YOU
KNOW THEY HAVE TO DO THIS.
IF THEY CAN BUILD AN ALGORITHM
THAT IS GOING TO TRACK
CONSERVATIVE TALK, THEN THEY CAN
BUILD AN ALGORITHM THAT IS GOING
TO ROOT OUT AND BLOCK THESE
CARTELS, AND STOP THESE DRUG
TRAFFICKERS FROM RECRUITING OR
USING THEIR PLATFORMS, THESE
PLATFORMS LIKE TIKTOK TO COME IN
CONTACT WITH CHILDREN, SO THIS
IS WHY YOU’LL SEE CONSUMER
PRIVACY, CHILDREN’S PRIVACY,
SECTION 230 REFORMS MOVING
FORWARD IN THE U.S. AND THANK
GOODNESS WE’RE FINALLY, AFTER
ABOUT A DECADE OF TRYING GETTING
SOME BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ON
DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THIS.
LARRY: YEAH, I WANT TO HELP
YOU ON THAT.
IT’S REALLY PUSH FOR 230 THIS
YEAR, SENATOR MARSHA
BLACKBURN AS ALWAYS THANK YOU,